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CORRASION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does corrasion mean?
• CORRASION (noun)
The noun CORRASION has 1 sense:
1. erosion by friction
Familiarity information: CORRASION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Erosion by friction
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Synonyms:
abrasion; attrition; corrasion; detrition
Hypernyms ("corrasion" is a kind of...):
eating away; eroding; erosion; wearing; wearing away ((geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it))
Derivation:
corrade (wear away)
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